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Professor Ewart on the Tarpan. 
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Fig. 8. — The tail of a grey Arab taken at the same time as 
figs. 4 and 5. There is no marked difference between the middle 
and terminal parts of the tail as in the Tarpan, but a few hairs at 
the root of the tail are short and shed annually ; in the most 
proximal part of the tail this Arab agrees with a half-bred Celtic 
pony in my stud. 
Plate III. 
Fig. 9. — Photograph of a typical dark yellow dun forest horse 
from Western Ross-shire. The mane, forelock and tail, long and 
heavy, consists of strong wavy hair. The tail, which shows no 
vestige of a tail-lock, instead of looking a continuation of the 
vertebral column, looks as if it had been inserted between the 
rounded hips. This horse bears a close resemblance to the Gud- 
brandsdal breed of Norway, and it seems to have entered largely 
into the formation of the Norwegian Fjord horse. Figures of 
these Norwegian breeds will be found in Dr Marshall’s paper, 
p. 32 of this volume. 
Fig. 10. — Photograph of a cross between a grey Arab (fig. 8) and 
a light yellow dun Fjord stallion from Trondhjem. This cross 
has the long body of a forest horse, a small head, uniting the points 
of the Celtic and Libyan varieties, and a tail which in some 
respects resembles the Tarpan (fig. 5). In a cross out of a well- 
bred Connemara mare by a similar Fjord stallion there is a typical 
Celtic taillock, and the hind chestnuts are absent. A study of 
crosses obtained by Fjord stallions has led me to conclude that the 
more typical Fjord horses are a blend of the Celtic and forest 
varieties. 
( Issued separately February 12, 1906.) 
